Lack of Decline in Childhood Malaria, Malawi, 2001–2010

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Roca-Feltrer, Arantxa ; Kwizombe, Collins J. ; Sanjoaquin, Miguel A. ; Sesay, Sanie S.S. ; Faragher, Brian ; Harrison, Jim ; Geukers, Karen ; Kabuluzi, Storn ; Mathanga, Don P. ; Molyneux, Elizabeth ; Chagomera, Maganizo ; Taylor, Terrie ; Molyneux, Malcolm ; Heyderman, Robert S.
• Description:
  In some areas of Africa, health facility data have indicated declines in malaria that might have resulted from increasingly effective control programs. Most such reports have been from countries where malaria transmission is highly seasonal or of modest intensity. In Malawi, perennial malaria transmission is intense, and malaria control measures have been scaled up during the past decade. We examined health facility data for children seen as outpatients and parasitemia-positive children hospitalized with cerebral malaria in a large national hospital. The proportion of Plasmodium falciparum-positive slides among febrile children at the hospital declined early in the decade, but no further reductions were observed after 2005. The number of admissions for cerebral malaria did not differ significantly by year. Continued surveillance for malaria is needed to evaluate the effects of the increased malaria control efforts.
• Subjects:
  Anemia Child, Preschool Humans Malaria, Cerebral Parasite Load Parasitemia Plasmodium Falciparum Prevalence Research
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(2):272-278.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Malawi
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:41ad36af8d9c3db1426fe841dd38910015d5875b5da744468580aeccac30da03
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18586/cdc_18586_DS1.pdf
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